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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, D. G. MORGAN, of Jordan, in the county of Onondaga,and in the .State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulimprovements in Window-Curtains; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a. full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making apart of this speci'dcaticn.

My invention consists in the attachment of a window-curtain in such amanner as to allow the room to be ventilated from the top by the lettingdown of the curtain: also in the devices' for securing the curtain inthe position desired.

In the annexed drawings, A represents the window-frame, to which theroller C, with its curtain B, is attached. These devices are of theusual forms and materials. Upon each side of the window isA placed ametallic plate, a, having an oblong slot its entire length for theinsertion of the pivots or tenons a: a: upon the The plates a a may bemade of any suitable length, and are attached near the top of the z'z'represent small wire It will be seen ends of the roller. window-frame,so that the curtain can be lowered to the end ofthe slots in the plates.

hooks which are connected to the tenons z :v on the roller, and to theends of the cords D D1. that this cord is connected to the left side ofthe windowframe, and passes up over the top of' the curtain throughloops c c, or their equivalents. Connected to the main cord (at z) isthe cord D, which is secured to the near hook z', while the end of themain cord is\tied to the far hook. G represents a metal rod lso bent asto form a point on its doubled end, and with two small loops at the twoends of the rod (see fig. 3.) This rod or spring is thrust into the sideof the frame-for the connection of the lower part of the cord D, to holdthe curtain the required distance from the top. It will be seen that thecord is first put into the lcflloop, and thence under and between thesides of the rod, and thence through the right loop, so that the cord-is rigidly held where it is drawn by the weight of the curtain androller. Upon one side of thc roller C is a. ratchet, y, into whichcatches the crooked dog m. The cord D2, which is secured to the end ofthe roller, passes through this dog, and by means of its loop throws thedog from the ratchet and allows the roller to unwind.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

'lhe arrangement of the plates a a, wires it', and cords D D, incombination with the roller O, ratchet y, and dog m, whereby the curtainis raised-or lowered and .secured by the spring-rod, in the mannersubstantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoingI have hereunto set my hand this9th day of March, 18,67.

DAVID G. MORGAN.

lNitnesses:

Anrnonr B. PORTER, F. D. WRIGHT.

